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from the plantation she had lived on。 the fate of her husband, who also tried to escape。 and finally, what happened to the child called Beloved. Morrison39。s scenes of torture and murder are vivid and strongly convey the desperation of the .slaves and the cruelty of their owners. Charles Johnson39。s Middle Passage approaches slavery from a different, yet no less violent, vantage point. His main character, Rutherford Calhoun, is a ne39。erdowell free black American who stows away on a slave ship bound for Africa to collect is cargo. Put to work after he is discovered. Calhoun witnesses firsthand the appalling conditions in which the captured Africans are transported. When they finally rebel and take over the ship, he finds himself in the middle and is forced to e to terms with who he is and what his valu